Ey jo

by @morganxamethyst

Liner Notes

I heard a few political songs the last couple of weeks where people change the lyrics of already existing songs and I want to continue in this tradition and decided to turn a German folk song into a process song The original song is Hejo Spann den Wagen an Due to visual impairment, I cannot read the lyrics while I’m playing so I have to learn everything by heart which is hard nowadays because due to chronic illness I suffer from brain fog where it’s very hard to memorise things and it’s easier to just improvise which is not possible in this case so I hope you don’t mind the brakes that much #banjo #folk #indiefolk #acousticonetake #german #political #queer

Lyrics

English translation at the bottom

Hey jo hört uns bitte an Denn sie treiben wieder Menschen übers Land Lasst sie nicht erstarken Nicht noch mehr erstarken

Ey jo es ist angespannt Denn es wird immer kälter in diesem Land Geht's bitte zu den Wahlen Geht doch zu den Wahlen

Ey jo sonst gibt's wieder flächenbrand Und alle haben es angeblich nicht früh genug erkannt Holt euch doch die Fakten Holt euch doch die Fakten

Ey jo wir brauchen Widerstand Lasst uns zusammen aufschreien jeder wie er kann Gemeinsam können wir es schaffen Gemeinsam können wir es schaffen

Ey jo das Frieden herrscht im Land Dass sich jeder Mensch wieder frei fühlen kann Lasst uns dafür kämpfen Lasst uns dafür kämpfen

Ey jo jeder Mensch ist relevant Denn wir brauchen neuen Wind immer diesem Land Mit ganz vielen Farben Mit allen unseren Farben

Hey yo please listen to us! Because they are driving people across the country again Don't let them get stronger Don't let them get stronger

Hey yo it's tense Because it's getting colder and colder in this country Please go to the elections Go to the elections

Ey yo otherwise there'll be another conflagration And everyone supposedly didn't realize it soon enough Why don't you get the facts Why don't you get the facts?

Ey yo we need resistance, Let's shout out together everyone as he can Together we can do it Together we can do it

Ey jo that peace prevails in the country That every person can feel free again Let's fight for it Let's fight for it

Ey jo every person is relevant Because we always need a breath of fresh air in this country With many colors With all our colors

Comments

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so interesting! i recently had a chance to do a research on german fairy tales so this was very interesting to listen. it's got an adventure vibe

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@caitlin

All I can write is resistance songs these days, so I’m here for it! Thanks for providing the English translation for us non-German speakers. The ey jo is so sing-along-able, what a wonderful protest chant.

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I don’t understand german but after I put into translate I was able to understand the lyrics and these are very timely and much needed.

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@ryuu

Dieses Lied ist so ein Protest-Klassiker, und ich finde deinen neuen Text dazu echt stark.

[FAWM]